Dec 14, 2009
Dec 13, 2009
OBAMA ARROGANCE INSULTING TO AMERICA
It is an insulting arrogance that will bring Obama down. Despite his unpopularity and his fatal lack of experience at being a leader, the thing that will make him a one term disaster is his ignoring of the electorate of our nation. It is impossible for him not to know that the people of the USA do not want the debt, the new taxes, the restructuring and the disruption that the monstrous Obamacare plan will visit upon us. His lying, and.covert congressional majority support has invited the corruption and the avalanch of special interest earmarks in his administration.
In a new poll by Fox News a majority of Americans are opposed to the Health Care proposal and would like to start over. While 41 percent of Americans want Congress to pass major health care reform legislation this year, a 54 percent majority says they would rather Congress "do nothing on health care for now," up from 48 percent who felt that way in July. The poll finds that 57% of Americans oppose "the health care reform legislation being considered right now."
To be sure, this is Fox, which according to the White House is not a legitimate news organization because it reports the news even when it casts President Obama in a bad light. But a CNN poll found that an even bigger majority--61%--oppose the Senate's version of the ObamaCare bill.
There is a bright side to our Presidents stumbling steps into his experiments in turning our nation into a hotbed of Socialist big government programs. America will wake up. Come November dozens of his liberal lackeys in congress will find themselves with their butts kicked out of work. And that will be just a beginning because two years later it will be time to dump Obama before he can do any more damage. Join the Club.
In a new poll by Fox News a majority of Americans are opposed to the Health Care proposal and would like to start over. While 41 percent of Americans want Congress to pass major health care reform legislation this year, a 54 percent majority says they would rather Congress "do nothing on health care for now," up from 48 percent who felt that way in July. The poll finds that 57% of Americans oppose "the health care reform legislation being considered right now."
To be sure, this is Fox, which according to the White House is not a legitimate news organization because it reports the news even when it casts President Obama in a bad light. But a CNN poll found that an even bigger majority--61%--oppose the Senate's version of the ObamaCare bill.
There is a bright side to our Presidents stumbling steps into his experiments in turning our nation into a hotbed of Socialist big government programs. America will wake up. Come November dozens of his liberal lackeys in congress will find themselves with their butts kicked out of work. And that will be just a beginning because two years later it will be time to dump Obama before he can do any more damage. Join the Club.
HERE WE GO AGAIN !! BEND OVER !!!
Remember the Obama promises.
Remember the pledges for ending Pork, ending Earmarks, beginning Fiscal discipline??
LISTEN, READ AND LEARN !!
"Not that the press corps cares anymore, but the omnibus also continues the earmark explosion that Speaker Nancy Pelosi vowed to end when she was trying to oust Republicans in 2006. The Heritage Foundation counts 5,224 earmarks, bringing the total for the year to about 10,000, or about 23 for every Congressional district. There is money for bike paths, skate board parks, museums, water-taxis to resort towns, and other absolute necessities."
READ THE ENTIRE ANALYSIS HERE AND IF YOU DON'T YELL AT YOUR CONGRESS THEN YOU GET WHAT YOU DESERVE.
And that means watching this weekend's expected Senate vote on a 1,088-page $445 billion "omnibus" package of spending bills to fund the government for fiscal 2010. The House passed a similar elephant earlier this week, allowing federal agency budgets to increase spending by some $48 billion, or about 12% from 2009. That increase—when inflation is negligible—is in addition to the $311 billion in stimulus already authorized or out the door for these programs. Adding this new stash means that federal agencies will have received a nearly 70% increase in the last two years.
Oh, and that's not all. The President and Congress also want to spend as much as $200 billion more from the Troubled Asset Relief Program on still another stimulus, though this time we are supposed to call it a "jobs" program, because stimulus now has a dirty political name.
This $445 billion bill for 2010 covers most of the domestic agencies of government, but not defense. In the first two months of this fiscal year, which began October 1, Uncle Sam is already $292 billion in the red. That's more than in the first two months of last year and at a time when the economy is growing again, so perhaps the President means we need to keep spending our way out of recovery. After the spending bill, Congress will then turn to passing a $1.8 trillion increase in the national debt ceiling, which should get them past the November elections.
Not that the press corps cares anymore, but the omnibus also continues the earmark explosion that Speaker Nancy Pelosi vowed to end when she was trying to oust Republicans in 2006. The Heritage Foundation counts 5,224 earmarks, bringing the total for the year to about 10,000, or about 23 for every Congressional district. There is money for bike paths, skate board parks, museums, water-taxis to resort towns, and other absolute necessities.
Senator Kent Conrad, the ranking Democrat on the Budget Committee, is a walking example of the split Democratic spending personality. He frets that U.S. debt will soon be 114% of GDP, a level he says is "absolutely unsustainable" and a "threat to the economic security of America." Yet he keeps voting for every spending bill and will vote for the multitrillion health bill too.
Even harder to figure is Mr. Obama, who is likely to sign this budget behemoth even as he keeps telling us it's time to "make the hard choices necessary to get our country on a more stable fiscal footing in the long run." Word is that his 2011 budget proposal will propose a spending freeze of some kind, which is another election-year pivot.
After so much double talk, we've concluded this is all part of a conscious political strategy. Spend so much and run up the deficit to unprecedented levels, then turn around and claim that there's a fiscal crisis that can only be solved with higher taxes. They spend, you pay.
Remember the pledges for ending Pork, ending Earmarks, beginning Fiscal discipline??
LISTEN, READ AND LEARN !!
"Not that the press corps cares anymore, but the omnibus also continues the earmark explosion that Speaker Nancy Pelosi vowed to end when she was trying to oust Republicans in 2006. The Heritage Foundation counts 5,224 earmarks, bringing the total for the year to about 10,000, or about 23 for every Congressional district. There is money for bike paths, skate board parks, museums, water-taxis to resort towns, and other absolute necessities."
READ THE ENTIRE ANALYSIS HERE AND IF YOU DON'T YELL AT YOUR CONGRESS THEN YOU GET WHAT YOU DESERVE.
And that means watching this weekend's expected Senate vote on a 1,088-page $445 billion "omnibus" package of spending bills to fund the government for fiscal 2010. The House passed a similar elephant earlier this week, allowing federal agency budgets to increase spending by some $48 billion, or about 12% from 2009. That increase—when inflation is negligible—is in addition to the $311 billion in stimulus already authorized or out the door for these programs. Adding this new stash means that federal agencies will have received a nearly 70% increase in the last two years.
Oh, and that's not all. The President and Congress also want to spend as much as $200 billion more from the Troubled Asset Relief Program on still another stimulus, though this time we are supposed to call it a "jobs" program, because stimulus now has a dirty political name.
This $445 billion bill for 2010 covers most of the domestic agencies of government, but not defense. In the first two months of this fiscal year, which began October 1, Uncle Sam is already $292 billion in the red. That's more than in the first two months of last year and at a time when the economy is growing again, so perhaps the President means we need to keep spending our way out of recovery. After the spending bill, Congress will then turn to passing a $1.8 trillion increase in the national debt ceiling, which should get them past the November elections.
Not that the press corps cares anymore, but the omnibus also continues the earmark explosion that Speaker Nancy Pelosi vowed to end when she was trying to oust Republicans in 2006. The Heritage Foundation counts 5,224 earmarks, bringing the total for the year to about 10,000, or about 23 for every Congressional district. There is money for bike paths, skate board parks, museums, water-taxis to resort towns, and other absolute necessities.
Senator Kent Conrad, the ranking Democrat on the Budget Committee, is a walking example of the split Democratic spending personality. He frets that U.S. debt will soon be 114% of GDP, a level he says is "absolutely unsustainable" and a "threat to the economic security of America." Yet he keeps voting for every spending bill and will vote for the multitrillion health bill too.
Even harder to figure is Mr. Obama, who is likely to sign this budget behemoth even as he keeps telling us it's time to "make the hard choices necessary to get our country on a more stable fiscal footing in the long run." Word is that his 2011 budget proposal will propose a spending freeze of some kind, which is another election-year pivot.
After so much double talk, we've concluded this is all part of a conscious political strategy. Spend so much and run up the deficit to unprecedented levels, then turn around and claim that there's a fiscal crisis that can only be solved with higher taxes. They spend, you pay.
December 12. 2009
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Dec 12, 2009
WAS THIS THE CHANGE YOU WANTED ???
The first year of the Obama Socialist agenda is coming to a close. Our debt around the globe has grown to obsene and unsustainable heights, we have been embarassed by a Rookie President kissing ass the moment his feet hit foreign soil and he has been totally unable to make any progress in his appeasing approach to the Muslim world. We are approaching the installation of a huge government takeover of our healthcare system which will saddle buinesses an individuals with escalating taxes....and this even before we get crushed by the huge increase in energy costs brought on by the cramming of the "Cap and Trade" energy bill.
If by now you do not understand that the Obama cult's primary focus it to build a hulking monolith big government structure with will be ruled and dictate to by liberal government bureaucrats. Shame on us for letting so many millions be suckered....and shame on those who we thought represented America.
Just in case you doubt the avalanch of goverment growth...just take a look at the data below....and this is just in the FIRST year of his reign !!!
As Deficit Rises, So Too Does Number of Federal Employees
o The number of federal workers earning six-figure salaries has exploded during the recession, according to a USA TODAY analysis of federal salary data.
Federal employees making salaries of $100,000 or more jumped from 14% to 19% of civil servants during the recession's first 18 months — and that's before overtime pay and bonuses are counted.
Federal workers are enjoying an extraordinary boom time — in pay and hiring — during a recession that has cost 7.3 million jobs in the private sector.
The highest-paid federal employees are doing best of all on salary increases. Defense Department civilian employees earning $150,000 or more increased from 1,868 in December 2007 to 10,100 in June 2009, the most recent figure available.
When the recession started, the Transportation Department had only one person earning a salary of $170,000 or more. Eighteen months later, 1,690 employees had salaries above $170,000.
The trend to six-figure salaries is occurring throughout the federal government, in agencies big and small, high-tech and low-tech. The primary cause: substantial pay raises and new salary rules.
"There's no way to justify this to the American people.
o The trend to six-figure salaries is occurring throughout the federal government, in agencies big and small, high-tech and low-tech. The primary cause: substantial pay raises and new salary rules. The growth in six-figure salaries has pushed the average federal worker's pay to $71,206, compared with $40,331 in the private sector. Average pay $30,000 over private sector
o State aState and local government employees are even more overpaid.nd local government employees are even more overpaid.
o Government employees have radically better benefits and pensions than private sector workers.
o Jun 5, 2009 NFFE Lauds House Passage of Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave
If by now you do not understand that the Obama cult's primary focus it to build a hulking monolith big government structure with will be ruled and dictate to by liberal government bureaucrats. Shame on us for letting so many millions be suckered....and shame on those who we thought represented America.
Just in case you doubt the avalanch of goverment growth...just take a look at the data below....and this is just in the FIRST year of his reign !!!
As Deficit Rises, So Too Does Number of Federal Employees
o The number of federal workers earning six-figure salaries has exploded during the recession, according to a USA TODAY analysis of federal salary data.
Federal employees making salaries of $100,000 or more jumped from 14% to 19% of civil servants during the recession's first 18 months — and that's before overtime pay and bonuses are counted.
Federal workers are enjoying an extraordinary boom time — in pay and hiring — during a recession that has cost 7.3 million jobs in the private sector.
The highest-paid federal employees are doing best of all on salary increases. Defense Department civilian employees earning $150,000 or more increased from 1,868 in December 2007 to 10,100 in June 2009, the most recent figure available.
When the recession started, the Transportation Department had only one person earning a salary of $170,000 or more. Eighteen months later, 1,690 employees had salaries above $170,000.
The trend to six-figure salaries is occurring throughout the federal government, in agencies big and small, high-tech and low-tech. The primary cause: substantial pay raises and new salary rules.
"There's no way to justify this to the American people.
o The trend to six-figure salaries is occurring throughout the federal government, in agencies big and small, high-tech and low-tech. The primary cause: substantial pay raises and new salary rules. The growth in six-figure salaries has pushed the average federal worker's pay to $71,206, compared with $40,331 in the private sector. Average pay $30,000 over private sector
o State aState and local government employees are even more overpaid.nd local government employees are even more overpaid.
o Government employees have radically better benefits and pensions than private sector workers.
o Jun 5, 2009 NFFE Lauds House Passage of Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave
Dec 11, 2009
A PRESIDENT AND HIS GOVERNMENT AGAINST HIS OWN PEOPLE
"According to the most recent data, the economy isn’t creating any net new jobs, so why is the government importing 125,000 legal foreign workers per month? The first 125,000 jobs per month we do eventually create will have to go to new foreign arrivals that our government had the choice not to admit. Then we have to work through the backlog of 7.5 million people that have become unemployed since this recession started in December of 2007.?
IN CASE you have not noticed, our currnet, hopefully short term president, has done everything in his power to disrruupt, destroy and diminsh everything we have ever held dear as the greatest, and most freedom loving government to ever exist. His arrogance and his entourage of liberal/socialist unions, government workforce and welfare recipients have given him license to negate every value we ever held that made us what we are. The ugliness of Socialism is like an addictive drug. It takes from producers to spread among the none producers until eventually the producers halt their production. Unless you are a brain dead Democrat...you must know where that leaves us. Read the rest of the story HERE. It won't hurt to learn some facts...You know...those things that give Liberals a severe headache and wave of nausea !!!
IN CASE you have not noticed, our currnet, hopefully short term president, has done everything in his power to disrruupt, destroy and diminsh everything we have ever held dear as the greatest, and most freedom loving government to ever exist. His arrogance and his entourage of liberal/socialist unions, government workforce and welfare recipients have given him license to negate every value we ever held that made us what we are. The ugliness of Socialism is like an addictive drug. It takes from producers to spread among the none producers until eventually the producers halt their production. Unless you are a brain dead Democrat...you must know where that leaves us. Read the rest of the story HERE. It won't hurt to learn some facts...You know...those things that give Liberals a severe headache and wave of nausea !!!
Dec 10, 2009
A QUICKIE FROM OUR MAILBAG ( thanks Randy )
George Bush, Queen Elizabeth, and Vladimir Putin all die and go to hell. While there, they spy a red phone and ask what the phone is for. The devil tells them it is for calling back to Earth. Putin calls Russia and talks for 5 minutes. When he was finished the devil informs him that the cost is a million dollars, so Putin writes him a check.Next Queen Elizabeth calls England and talks for 30 minutes. When she's finished the devil informs her that cost is 6 million dollars, so Queen Elizabeth writes him a check.
Finally George Bush gets his turn and talks for 4 hours. When he's finished the devil informed him that there would be no charge and feel free to call the USA anytime.
Putin goes ballistic and asks the devil why Bush got to call the USA free.
The devil replied, "Since Obama became president of the USA , the country has gone to hell, so it's a local call."
Finally George Bush gets his turn and talks for 4 hours. When he's finished the devil informed him that there would be no charge and feel free to call the USA anytime.
Putin goes ballistic and asks the devil why Bush got to call the USA free.
The devil replied, "Since Obama became president of the USA , the country has gone to hell, so it's a local call."
Dec 9, 2009
I AM SO DAMNED TIRED OF POLITICAL CORRECTNESS.............
Let's see if we can offend everyone !!!!!!!!!!!!!
Q. What's the Cuban National Anthem?
A. Row, Row, Row Your Boat.
Q.. Where does an Irish family go on vacation?
A. A different bar.
Q. What did the Chinese couple name their tan, curly-haired baby?
A. Sum Ting Wong.
Q. What do you call it when an Italian has one arm shorter than the other?
A. A speech impediment.
Q. Why aren't there any Puerto Ricans on Star Trek ?
A. Because they're not going to work in the future either.
Q. Why do Driver Ed classes in redneck schools use the car only on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays?
A. Because on Tuesday and Thursday, the Sex Ed class uses it.
Q. What's the difference between a southern zoo and a northern zoo?
A. The southern zoo has a description of the animal along with a recipe.
Q How do you get a sweet little 80-year-old lady to say the 'F' word?
A. Get another sweet little 80-year-old lady to yell, 'BINGO!'
Q. What's the difference between a northern fairytale and a southern fairytale???
A. A northern fairytale begins...'Once upon a time...' A southern fairytale begins.... 'Y'all ain't gonna believe this shit.'
Q. Why doesn't Mexico have an Olympic team?
A. Because all the Mexicans who can run, jump or swim are already in the United States
OH shut up.......I just pass’em on! We were very kind to the White House, Besides, in case you don't know it by now...your email and website clicks are being monitored. You wanted change !!! YOU GOT IT !!
Q. What's the Cuban National Anthem?
A. Row, Row, Row Your Boat.
Q.. Where does an Irish family go on vacation?
A. A different bar.
Q. What did the Chinese couple name their tan, curly-haired baby?
A. Sum Ting Wong.
Q. What do you call it when an Italian has one arm shorter than the other?
A. A speech impediment.
Q. Why aren't there any Puerto Ricans on Star Trek ?
A. Because they're not going to work in the future either.
Q. Why do Driver Ed classes in redneck schools use the car only on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays?
A. Because on Tuesday and Thursday, the Sex Ed class uses it.
Q. What's the difference between a southern zoo and a northern zoo?
A. The southern zoo has a description of the animal along with a recipe.
Q How do you get a sweet little 80-year-old lady to say the 'F' word?
A. Get another sweet little 80-year-old lady to yell, 'BINGO!'
Q. What's the difference between a northern fairytale and a southern fairytale???
A. A northern fairytale begins...'Once upon a time...' A southern fairytale begins.... 'Y'all ain't gonna believe this shit.'
Q. Why doesn't Mexico have an Olympic team?
A. Because all the Mexicans who can run, jump or swim are already in the United States
OH shut up.......I just pass’em on! We were very kind to the White House, Besides, in case you don't know it by now...your email and website clicks are being monitored. You wanted change !!! YOU GOT IT !!
DESPERATE DEMOCRATS STILL GRASPING FOR OBAMACARE TAKEOVER
With a shocking speech on the U.S. Senate floor, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid showed just how desperate and divorced from reality the Democrats have become in their unrelenting quest to impose socialism on America's health care.
In bemoaning Republican senators' opposition to the unprecedented Obama Democrat scheme to seize a fifth of our economy, impose hundreds of billions of dollars in taxes and trillions in new debt on our nation, and put Washington bureaucrats between Americans and their doctors, Reid has gone way too far, and I quote:
"Instead of joining us on the right side of history, all the Republicans can come up with is, 'slow down, stop everything, let's start over.' If you think you've heard these same excuses before, you're right. When this country belatedly recognized the wrongs of slavery, there were those who dug in their heels and said 'slow down, it's too early, things aren't bad enough.'"
"When women spoke up for the right to speak up, they wanted to vote, some insisted they simply, slow down, there will be a better day to do that, today isn't quite right."
"When this body was on the verge of guaranteeing equal civil rights to everyone regardless of the color of their skin, some senators resorted to the same filibuster threats that we hear today."
If Harry Reid cared more about real health care reform needs -- like ending his trial lawyer allies' massive fraudulent litigation costs -- than forcing his party's socialist pipe dream upon an unwilling American people, he might be tempted to apologize for his shameless, and false, accusations.
I'm not surprised that Harry Reid has resorted to such a laughably desperate attack on our Republican senators and the truth.
The Obama Democrats will go to any length to attain their leftist goal of controlling every facet of American life. He knows that the American people don't want to surrender their health care freedoms to Big Government.
Republican senators are on the side of the American people, who adamantly oppose the Obama Democrats' health care takeover. You and your voice being heard are all that stand between the sensible Republican plan for real health care reform and the Democrats' scheme to take more of your hard-earned income to pay for two new unsustainable entitlements while making the quality of your health care worse. Yell at your Senators !!!
Dec 8, 2009
OLIVER NORTH GIVES TRIBUTE TO OUR TROOPS
A worthwhile viewing of the nature of our blood and treasure that we are putting at risk in war. Listen to Oliver North an his tribute. Click HERE
INCH BY INCH, GOV. PROGRAMS+DEMOCRATS=SOCIALISM
" I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments by those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations. "
James Madison
James Madison
Dec 7, 2009
This Professor is a Genius
An economics professor at a local college made a statement that he had never failed a single student , but he once failed an entire class...That class had insisted that Obama's socialism worked and that no one would be poor and no one would be rich , a great equalizer.
The professor said , "OK, we will have an experiment in this class on Obama's plan".
"All grades will be averaged...everyone will receive the same grade , so no one will fail and no one will receive an A."
After the first test , the grades were averaged and everyone got a B. The students who studied hard were upset and the students who studied little were happy.
As the second test rolled around , the students who studied little, studied even less , and the ones who studied hard , decided they wanted a free ride too so they studied little.
The second test average was a D! No one was happy.
When the 3rd test rolled around , the average was an F. The scores never increased as bickering, blame and name-calling all resulted in hard feelings and no one would study for the benefit of anyone else.
All failed , to their great surprise , and the professor told them that socialism would also ultimately fail because when the reward is great , the effort to succeed is great , but when government takes all the reward away , no one will try or want to succeed. Could anything be any simpler than that?
How can a President everyone thought was so smart turn out to be such and out of touch dumb ass???
The professor said , "OK, we will have an experiment in this class on Obama's plan".
"All grades will be averaged...everyone will receive the same grade , so no one will fail and no one will receive an A."
After the first test , the grades were averaged and everyone got a B. The students who studied hard were upset and the students who studied little were happy.
As the second test rolled around , the students who studied little, studied even less , and the ones who studied hard , decided they wanted a free ride too so they studied little.
The second test average was a D! No one was happy.
When the 3rd test rolled around , the average was an F. The scores never increased as bickering, blame and name-calling all resulted in hard feelings and no one would study for the benefit of anyone else.
All failed , to their great surprise , and the professor told them that socialism would also ultimately fail because when the reward is great , the effort to succeed is great , but when government takes all the reward away , no one will try or want to succeed. Could anything be any simpler than that?
How can a President everyone thought was so smart turn out to be such and out of touch dumb ass???
Dec 6, 2009
SLEAZEBAG LAWYERS TORPEDOING TORT REFORM
For a quarter of a century there has been a need to cap legal settlment costs to reasonable levels and put an end to frivolous law suits that end up boosting medical costs to obsene levels. There has be strenuous efforts to help reduce healthcare costs by including tort reform in the torturous Obamacare legislation lurching through the Senate. What do you think the chances are when 56 of the 100 Senators are Lawyers....and our Stumble-bum President is also a Harvard Law graduate??!!!!!
Don't give up...vote the bums out !!
Don't give up...vote the bums out !!
Dec 5, 2009
Prepare for massive HEALTHCARE TAXES
The League of American Voters has concluded that the Obama plan will force states to spend much more on healthcare as part of new federal "mandates." This means states will be forced to raise taxes from you and me. This is just one more of the more dangerous and insidious aspects of Obamacare.
The Obama healthcare initiative will be the biggest unfunded federal mandate on the states in history. It will force dozens of states, particularly in the South, to abandon their low-tax ways and to move toward dramatically higher rates of taxation. It may even force Florida and Texas to impose an income tax!
In the Senate version of the bill, states must expand their Medicaid eligibility to cover everyone with an income that is 133 percent of the poverty level.
The House bill brings it up to 150 percent. But a host of states have kept their state taxes low precisely by so limiting eligibility for Medicaid that it essentially is only for seniors needing long-term care and not for poor younger people who require acute care.
For example, Texas covers only those who make 27 percent of the poverty level or less. Florida covers only 55 percent. Pennsylvania covers only 36 percent. Arkansas covers only 17 percent. North Dakota covers only 62 percent. Nebraska covers only 58 percent. Louisiana covers only 26 percent. Indiana covers only 26 percent.
The revenue required to bring these states up to the 133 percent level in the Senate bill or the 150 percent level in the House would be enormous. Even California only covers up to 106 percent of the poverty level.
All states except for Connecticut, Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Vermont and Wisconsin (plus the District of Columbia) will have to raise their eligibility for Medicaid under the Senate healthcare bill. And they will have to pay for part of the cost. Under the House bill, with a higher Medicaid eligibility standard, Massachusetts and Vermont would also have to pay more.
The Medicaid expansion provisions of the Senate bill are complex. In the first year of the program (2013), states must enroll anyone who earns less than 133 percent of the poverty level in their programs. For a family of four, the national average poverty level in 2009 is $22,000 a year. So any family that size that makes less than $29,000 would be eligible for Medicaid.
For the first three years of the program (2013-2015) the federal government would pay for all of the costs of the Medicaid expansion. But starting in the fourth year of operation -- 2016 -- states would be obliged to pay 10 percent of the extra cost.
While Obama has often spoken about how he won't raise taxes on the middle class, his healthcare legislation will require the governors to do so.
Particularly in those states with Democratic governors, it is easy to see how the backlash against these new taxes could fundamentally alter state politics.
The following table is a rough calculation of the cost each state will have to bear once it has to pick up 10 percent of the cost. These calculations are based on guidelines laid down for me by the Republican staff of the Senate Finance Committee. There has been no official data yet generated on how much the Senate or House provisions will cost the taxpayers in each state.
STATE SPENDING INCREASES IN MEDICAID REQUIRED BY SENATE HEALTH BILL
Alaska $39M Ariz. $217M Ark. $402M Calif. $1,428M Colo. $163M Del. $35M Fla. $909M
Ga. $495M Hawaii $41M Idaho $97M Iowa $77M Ind. $586M Kan. $186M Ky. $199M La. $432M
Md. $194M Mich. $570M Miss. $136M Mo. $836M Mont. $29M Neb. $81M Nev. $54M N.H. $59M
N.M. $102M N.C. $599M N.D. $14M Ohio $399M Okla. $190M Ore. $231M Pa. $1,490M S.C.$122M S.D. $33M Texas $2,749M Utah $58M Va. $601M Wash. $311M W.Va. $132M
Wyo. $25M
These estimates were obtained by calculating the increase in Medicaid spending in each state to bring it up to the 133 percent level specified in the Senate bill. Then I applied the percentage of Medicaid spending in each state on acute care (mainly for the poor) as opposed to long-term care (mainly for the elderly). Finally, I took 10 percent of the increased state share of spending and listed it in the table above.
Please Note: The Senate may vote on the healthcare bill this month. It's absolutely critical you support the 's efforts to stop Obamacare. We have made tremendous progress, but we must do more. .
The Obama healthcare initiative will be the biggest unfunded federal mandate on the states in history. It will force dozens of states, particularly in the South, to abandon their low-tax ways and to move toward dramatically higher rates of taxation. It may even force Florida and Texas to impose an income tax!
In the Senate version of the bill, states must expand their Medicaid eligibility to cover everyone with an income that is 133 percent of the poverty level.
The House bill brings it up to 150 percent. But a host of states have kept their state taxes low precisely by so limiting eligibility for Medicaid that it essentially is only for seniors needing long-term care and not for poor younger people who require acute care.
For example, Texas covers only those who make 27 percent of the poverty level or less. Florida covers only 55 percent. Pennsylvania covers only 36 percent. Arkansas covers only 17 percent. North Dakota covers only 62 percent. Nebraska covers only 58 percent. Louisiana covers only 26 percent. Indiana covers only 26 percent.
The revenue required to bring these states up to the 133 percent level in the Senate bill or the 150 percent level in the House would be enormous. Even California only covers up to 106 percent of the poverty level.
All states except for Connecticut, Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Vermont and Wisconsin (plus the District of Columbia) will have to raise their eligibility for Medicaid under the Senate healthcare bill. And they will have to pay for part of the cost. Under the House bill, with a higher Medicaid eligibility standard, Massachusetts and Vermont would also have to pay more.
The Medicaid expansion provisions of the Senate bill are complex. In the first year of the program (2013), states must enroll anyone who earns less than 133 percent of the poverty level in their programs. For a family of four, the national average poverty level in 2009 is $22,000 a year. So any family that size that makes less than $29,000 would be eligible for Medicaid.
For the first three years of the program (2013-2015) the federal government would pay for all of the costs of the Medicaid expansion. But starting in the fourth year of operation -- 2016 -- states would be obliged to pay 10 percent of the extra cost.
While Obama has often spoken about how he won't raise taxes on the middle class, his healthcare legislation will require the governors to do so.
Particularly in those states with Democratic governors, it is easy to see how the backlash against these new taxes could fundamentally alter state politics.
The following table is a rough calculation of the cost each state will have to bear once it has to pick up 10 percent of the cost. These calculations are based on guidelines laid down for me by the Republican staff of the Senate Finance Committee. There has been no official data yet generated on how much the Senate or House provisions will cost the taxpayers in each state.
STATE SPENDING INCREASES IN MEDICAID REQUIRED BY SENATE HEALTH BILL
Alaska $39M Ariz. $217M Ark. $402M Calif. $1,428M Colo. $163M Del. $35M Fla. $909M
Ga. $495M Hawaii $41M Idaho $97M Iowa $77M Ind. $586M Kan. $186M Ky. $199M La. $432M
Md. $194M Mich. $570M Miss. $136M Mo. $836M Mont. $29M Neb. $81M Nev. $54M N.H. $59M
N.M. $102M N.C. $599M N.D. $14M Ohio $399M Okla. $190M Ore. $231M Pa. $1,490M S.C.$122M S.D. $33M Texas $2,749M Utah $58M Va. $601M Wash. $311M W.Va. $132M
Wyo. $25M
These estimates were obtained by calculating the increase in Medicaid spending in each state to bring it up to the 133 percent level specified in the Senate bill. Then I applied the percentage of Medicaid spending in each state on acute care (mainly for the poor) as opposed to long-term care (mainly for the elderly). Finally, I took 10 percent of the increased state share of spending and listed it in the table above.
Please Note: The Senate may vote on the healthcare bill this month. It's absolutely critical you support the 's efforts to stop Obamacare. We have made tremendous progress, but we must do more. .
Dec 3, 2009
GORE/OBAMA--LEADING CLIMATE CHAGE LIARS
"When a political movement uses lies and fraud to advance a stated cause, it should be self-evident that the "cause" is of no real concern, but only a means of gaining leverage for an ulterior agenda. Such is the only plausible conclusion that can be drawn from this revelation of total fraud at the highest levels of the "global warming" advocacy."By Christopher G. Adamo December 3, 2009
You will find very little coverage of the climate change hoax by watching the liberal supporting main stream media. (NBC, CBS, ABC, CNN AND NPR) Fox News and the internet resources will be about the only access upon which you can depend for information. You can get a good grasp with the article you can Click HERE to read.
Nov 25, 2009
JUST ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF DEMOCRAT BULLSHIT...
One of the underpinnings of the Obama/Reit/Pelosi assault on our healthcare system is the promise of better, cheaper, wider spread coverage. Part of the avalanche of lies was trying to make our insurance companies appear as evil tools in the hands of capitalists. Part of the invasion of truth was an assertion that insurance companies were monsters that denied valid claims just to make more profit.
If you, dear reader, are a Democrat or liberal in cult sympathy with Obama you probably want to stop here because facts and logic will most likely give you a headache and a case of diarrhea. In short, Medicare (which Obamacare will morph it into) denied claims at a rate DOUBLE the rate denied by commerical health organizations. So much for that !!! And just wait until you have the Obama/Reid/Pelosi program shoved up your..............nose.
fsc
Sticking With the Facts – Response to John Dean on Medicare Claim Denials
by Karl Rove Published: November 5, 2009
"While discussing the health care debate with Governor Howard Dean at the Penn State Distinguished Speaker Series, I made the point that the public option will undoubtedly have the same results as Medicare, which denies reimbursement claims at almost twice the rate of private insurers. Governor Dean insinuated that I was a liar and accused me of “making up” this fact and continued to argue that government-run insurance was the only way to improve our health care system.
At the debate, I promised to continue the discussion and back up my position in today's Wall Street Journal column. I've done so and have provided citations so you can make an informed decision about who had their facts straight and who didn’t. In the op-ed I also analyze the perils of the Pelosi Public Option and how Tuesday’s elections should be an ominous sign for Democrats who continue to support it.
In an effort to stick to the facts, I've posted the source of my claim, American Medical Association’s "2008 National Health Insurer Report Card." I would direct your attention to Metric 12 on page five, which breaks down the “percentages of claim lines denied.” As you will find, Medicare denied the highest number of claims, or 6.85% of total claims filed in 2008, while private insurers in the group denied almost half the amount, or an average of 3.89% of total claims filed."
If you, dear reader, are a Democrat or liberal in cult sympathy with Obama you probably want to stop here because facts and logic will most likely give you a headache and a case of diarrhea. In short, Medicare (which Obamacare will morph it into) denied claims at a rate DOUBLE the rate denied by commerical health organizations. So much for that !!! And just wait until you have the Obama/Reid/Pelosi program shoved up your..............nose.
fsc
Sticking With the Facts – Response to John Dean on Medicare Claim Denials
by Karl Rove Published: November 5, 2009
"While discussing the health care debate with Governor Howard Dean at the Penn State Distinguished Speaker Series, I made the point that the public option will undoubtedly have the same results as Medicare, which denies reimbursement claims at almost twice the rate of private insurers. Governor Dean insinuated that I was a liar and accused me of “making up” this fact and continued to argue that government-run insurance was the only way to improve our health care system.
At the debate, I promised to continue the discussion and back up my position in today's Wall Street Journal column. I've done so and have provided citations so you can make an informed decision about who had their facts straight and who didn’t. In the op-ed I also analyze the perils of the Pelosi Public Option and how Tuesday’s elections should be an ominous sign for Democrats who continue to support it.
In an effort to stick to the facts, I've posted the source of my claim, American Medical Association’s "2008 National Health Insurer Report Card." I would direct your attention to Metric 12 on page five, which breaks down the “percentages of claim lines denied.” As you will find, Medicare denied the highest number of claims, or 6.85% of total claims filed in 2008, while private insurers in the group denied almost half the amount, or an average of 3.89% of total claims filed."
WANT A JOB IN OBAMA'S CABINET??--NO PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE REQUIRED.
Help Wanted, No Private Sector Experience Required and No Responsibility Incurred.
A friend sends along the following chart from a J.P. Morgan research report. It examines the prior private sector experience of the cabinet officials since 1900 that one might expect a president to turn to in seeking advice about helping the economy. It includes secretaries of State, Commerce, Treasury, Agriculture, Interior, Labor, Transportation, Energy, and Housing & Urban Development, and excludes Postmaster General, Navy, War, Health, Education & Welfare, Veterans Affairs, and Homeland Security—432 cabinet members in all. So....you think our Rookie President isn't a Socialist? Then you aren't paying attention.
When one considers that public sector employment has ranged since the 1950s at between 15 percent and 19 percent of the population, the makeup of the current cabinet—over 90 percent of its prior experience was in the public sector—is remarkable. Share with a liberal....give 'em a headache.
A friend sends along the following chart from a J.P. Morgan research report. It examines the prior private sector experience of the cabinet officials since 1900 that one might expect a president to turn to in seeking advice about helping the economy. It includes secretaries of State, Commerce, Treasury, Agriculture, Interior, Labor, Transportation, Energy, and Housing & Urban Development, and excludes Postmaster General, Navy, War, Health, Education & Welfare, Veterans Affairs, and Homeland Security—432 cabinet members in all. So....you think our Rookie President isn't a Socialist? Then you aren't paying attention.
When one considers that public sector employment has ranged since the 1950s at between 15 percent and 19 percent of the population, the makeup of the current cabinet—over 90 percent of its prior experience was in the public sector—is remarkable. Share with a liberal....give 'em a headache.
Nov 24, 2009
Nov 23, 2009
TRYING TO THINK ABOUT IRAN...GET SMART HERE.
November 23, 2009
By George Friedman
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The Iranian government has rejected, at least for the moment, a proposal from the P-5+1 to ship the majority of its low-enriched uranium abroad for further enrichment. The group is now considering the next step in the roadmap that it laid out last April. The next step was a new round of sanctions, this time meant to be crippling. The only crippling sanction available is to cut off the supply of gasoline, since Iran imports 35 percent of its refined gasoline products. That would theoretically cripple the Iranian economy and compel the Iranians to comply with U.S. demands over the nuclear issue.
We have written extensively on the ability of sanctions to work in Iran. There is, however, a broader question, which is the general utility of sanctions in international affairs. The Iranian government said last week that sanctions don’t concern it because, historically, sanctions have not succeeded. This partly explains Iranian intransigence: The Iranians don’t feel they have anything to fear from sanctions. The question is whether the Iranian view is correct and why they would believe it — and if they are correct, why the P-5+1 would even consider imposing sanctions.
The Assumptions of Sanctions
Get informed, read the rest of the story HERE
By George Friedman
"
The Iranian government has rejected, at least for the moment, a proposal from the P-5+1 to ship the majority of its low-enriched uranium abroad for further enrichment. The group is now considering the next step in the roadmap that it laid out last April. The next step was a new round of sanctions, this time meant to be crippling. The only crippling sanction available is to cut off the supply of gasoline, since Iran imports 35 percent of its refined gasoline products. That would theoretically cripple the Iranian economy and compel the Iranians to comply with U.S. demands over the nuclear issue.
We have written extensively on the ability of sanctions to work in Iran. There is, however, a broader question, which is the general utility of sanctions in international affairs. The Iranian government said last week that sanctions don’t concern it because, historically, sanctions have not succeeded. This partly explains Iranian intransigence: The Iranians don’t feel they have anything to fear from sanctions. The question is whether the Iranian view is correct and why they would believe it — and if they are correct, why the P-5+1 would even consider imposing sanctions.
The Assumptions of Sanctions
Get informed, read the rest of the story HERE
TAKE A LITTLE TEST...JUST FOR KICKS....( I missed 2)
Someone once said we get the government we deserve. When you look at the responses to this quiz, it's scary. Test your knowledge with 12 questions, then be ready to shudder when you see how others did. What is really scary is that these folks are allowed to vote !!!!
http://pewresearch.org/politicalquiz/quiz/index.php
http://pewresearch.org/politicalquiz/quiz/index.php
Nov 22, 2009
PRESIDENT NOT RESPONSIVE AS FT. HOOD CASE LINGERS
Obama continues to display his closet colors as he fails to examine the Muslim Terrorist who slaughtered 13 fellow soldiers at Fort Hood and release current results of agency investigations. I guess we will have to look forward to a full Presidential pardon before it comes to a close. Doesn't it just make your chest swell with pride when you watch the Oval Office clown act. FSC."Congressional Democrats have not been nearly as aggressive in their oversight of the Obama administration as they were during the Bush administration. The actions on Capitol Hill this week, however, demonstrate a growing impatience, particularly among senators, with the White House's preference that lawmakers slow down their inquiries."
GET THE FULL SCOOP HERE
IN PRAISE OF HAVING A ROOKIE, DITHERING IDIOT IN CHARGE
In Praise of Inexperience
"A president who knew what he was doing could do lots more damage."
Accountability Journalism :
An Associated Press dispatch, written by Erica Werner and Richard Alonso-Zaldivar, compares the House and Senate ObamaCare bills. We'd like to compare this dispatch to the AP's dispatch earlier this week "fact checking" Sarah Palin's new book. Here goes:
"A president who knew what he was doing could do lots more damage."
Accountability Journalism :
An Associated Press dispatch, written by Erica Werner and Richard Alonso-Zaldivar, compares the House and Senate ObamaCare bills. We'd like to compare this dispatch to the AP's dispatch earlier this week "fact checking" Sarah Palin's new book. Here goes:Number of AP reporters assigned to story:
• ObamaCare bills: 2
• Palin book: 11
Number of pages in the above documents being covered:
• ObamaCare bills: 4,064
• Palin book: 432
Number of pages per AP reporter:
• ObamaCare bill: 2,032
• Palin book: 39.3
On a per-page basis, that is, the AP devoted 52 times as much manpower to the memoir of a former Republican officeholder as to a piece of legislation that will cost trillions of dollars and an untold number of lives. That's what they call accountability journalism.
The Associated Press, long recognized as a liberal media extension of the Democratic National Committee apparently thinks finding an incorrect fact in Sarah Palin's book is more important that finding screwups and flaws in the monster Social re-engineering project the Democrats have created.
fsc
Jan 12, 2009
WE HAVE SOME ELVIS MUSIC LOVERS

I've had a few emails from fans of old music when I posted the "Do-Wop" site. Remember you can bookmark the web address to your Favorites for play anytime. And, as long as we are there I have attached another sight you may like. The Elvis Wurlitzer Jukebox. You get a big archive of his music and the sing- along lyrics too.
Click HERE for Elvis.
Dec 19, 2008
GREAT OLD MUSIC--44 CLASSICS

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Dec 18, 2008
DECATUR HIGH SCHOOL 55TH REUNION
SEE ALL OF THE PARTIES (ALMOST) AND YOUR CLASSMATES FROM THE OCTOBER '08 REUNION.
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